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Customizing your Character: Brandon Sanderson's Writing Lecture #6 (2025)

On Writing With Brandon Sanderson | Full Writing Lectures (2025)

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Last week we talked about how to make your characters worth rooting for (or against), but this week we're diving into the part of your characters readers are going to see on the page. In other words, lecture #6 is a deep dive into customizing your character's personality using Brandon Sanderson's slider methodology.

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